#42230B#42230B

#42230B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.059 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42230B
RGBrgb(66, 35, 11)
HSLhsl(26, 71%, 15%)
HSVhsv(26, 83%, 26%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LABlab(17.39, 12.47, 21.06)
CIE-LCHlch(17.39, 24.48, 59.37°)
OKLaboklab(29.25% 0.0337 0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(29.25% 0.059 55.2)
XYZxyz(2.9084, 2.3848, 0.6237)
Luminance0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42230B #0B2A42
analogous
#420B0E #42230B #423F0B
triadic
#42230B #0B4223 #230B42
tetradic
#42230B #0E420B #0B2A42 #3F0B42
square
#42230B #0E420B #0B2A42 #3F0B42
split-complementary
#42230B #0B423F #0B0E42
monochromatic
#1A0E04 #1A0E04 #42230B #763F14 #AB5B1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22
#42230B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48
#42230B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42230B
14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42230B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##42230B1.0014.221.4814.22
#FFFFFF14.221.0021.001.00
#0000001.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF14.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2C2608
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#332D0B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#491C1E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42230b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.059 55.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5e4c',
    500: '#42230b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42230b;
$custom-light: #7a5e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42230b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.182,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29246,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42230B
secondary
#2A5A7F
accent
#9FEE3A
background
#F7F5F4
surface
#EEE9E7
border
#C9C5C3
text
#0A0401
muted
#7C7977

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#42230B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva